THE DOODLER

THE DOODLER  

                                                 

A killer nicknamed The Doodler killed gay men in the 70s in the United States. He was nicknamed The Doodler because he first sketched his victims before killing them. As reported by Reuters, in this case, five white gay men are believed to have been murdered between January 1974 and June 1975. They were gay men belonging to the San Francisco gay community.

                Source: Reuters

All of the victims suffered stab wounds to the chest and upper back. The results of the examination found the fact that the victim's wounds were from the same weapon. Two other men who were attacked by the perpetrators in July 1975, managed to survive and are also believed to be victims of the same perpetrators.

Before committing the murder, the perpetrator first drew a picture of the victim. Therefore he was nicknamed The Doodler. 

Police released a sketch of the suspect a few months later after the incident. They repeatedly questioned one person. But The Doodler was never caught. 

More than 40 years later, the San Francisco Police Department is more convinced of the suspect's characteristics. Reporting from CNN, a police sketching expert has updated the sketch of The Doodler. This sketch continues to be distributed.

"This case worried the gay community in San Francisco (at the time)," Commander Greg McEachern said in 2019. "There are many questions about why gay men were being targeted," he added.

Police Post Rewards for 'The Doodler' 

The San Francisco Police, USA offers a reward of US$ 100 thousand for the hunters of The Doodler. In addition to announcing the rewards, police also released an audio recording of the anonymous call on January 27, 1974. The call reported the discovery of a body near Ocean Beach in the Bay Area. The caller, who did not want to be identified, had never been questioned by the police at that time.

In an effort to help with the hunt, the San Francisco Police Department has also released a sketch of the face of the latest version of this serial killer. The latest face sketch adapts the appearance of the perpetrator 40 years later, with a face that is older than the face sketch released in 1975.

San Francisco Police said they would also like to communicate with a psychiatrist from the Bay Area, who is thought to have the last name 'Priest'. The psychiatrist is believed to have treated the perpetrator at the time.

A new hunt for serial killer 'Doodler' was announced after the arrest of a suspect in a long-standing murder, robbery, and rape case in California. The perpetrator, nicknamed the 'Golden State Killer', who turned out to be a former police officer named Joseph James DeAngelo, 73, was arrested in April 2018.

The perpetrator was found thanks to an analysis of DNA evidence at the crime scene (TKP) with genetic information on a commercial genealogy site, which led to the finding of a family connection of the perpetrator. For the case of the serial killer 'Doodler', McEachern said DNA evidence had been submitted for examination and analysis, but the results had not yet been released.

To this day The Doodler is still being hunted.